Thousands of Ukrainians have laid candles and flowers in Kiev's Independence Square to mourn the protesters who died there.

The barricades have been covered with red carnations and glowing lights, turning the scene of Thursday's shocking violence into a shrine to the fallen.

People lay flowers and pay their respects at a memorial for anti-government protesters killed in clashes with police in Independence Square in Kiev, UkraineGettyPeople carry the coffin of a protester who was killed in Independence SquareReutersPeople react as the body of an anti-government demonstrator is carried through the crowd in Independence SquareGettyThe body of Ustim Holodnyuk, 19, is carried from Independence SquareGettyA man cries after seeing the body of Ustim Holodnyuk, 19, who was killed in the fighting between anti-government protesters and policeGettyA young girl wrapped in a Ukrainian flag lays flowers at a makeshift memorialReutersThe helmet of an anti-government demonstrator killed in the violence is displayed in Independence SquareGettyA makeshift memorial is seen at the spot where an anti-government protester was killed during Thursday's clashes with riot policeReutersPeople look at a tribute on the pavement in Independence SquareReutersPallbearers carry the coffin at the funeral of an anti-government protester killed in Independence SquareGettyMourners stand along the path of a funeral procession for two anti-government protestersGettyA man reacts as he attends a funeral service for two anti-government protestersReutersPeople unfurl a large Ukrainian flag in Independence SquareGettyAnti-government protesters light torches and mobile devices to honour their fallen comrades during a rally in Independence SquareReutersA young woman holds a candle as Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko addresses the crowd in Independence SquareReutersPeople look at tributes to demonstrators who were killed in Independence SquareGetty